Re:Jump in cancer diagnoses at 65 implies patients wait for ...
by ModernMech on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @08:24PM
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It seems to be a version of the sunk cost fallacy.
Democrats spent a lot of political capital to pass the ACA, and the thanks they got from voters was being kicked out of the majority for almost a decade. The law was unpopular at first, but now that people have gotten used to it, the ACA finally has majority approval. Today, Democrats are back in the majority and one of the major figures in passing the ACA is serving as POTUS, so he sets the agenda, and the agenda is to fortify the bill which is essentially his legacy.
Meanwhile M4A is championed by an Independent senator who isn't even a Democrat. No way Democrats are going to go with his plan, even if it's supported by a majority of their base.
Democrats spent a lot of political capital to pass the ACA, and the thanks they got from voters was being kicked out of the majority for almost a decade. The law was unpopular at first, but now that people have gotten used to it, the ACA finally has majority approval. Today, Democrats are back in the majority and one of the major figures in passing the ACA is serving as POTUS, so he sets the agenda, and the agenda is to fortify the bill which is essentially his legacy.
Meanwhile M4A is championed by an Independent senator who isn't even a Democrat. No way Democrats are going to go with his plan, even if it's supported by a majority of their base.
Politics is weird.